Here's how Kurtz built up Mike's Hot Honey from just a hobby into a company poised to bring in more than $40 million over the next year.
This might be the life for me'A college-aged Kurtz in Brazil, where he found the inspiration for Mike's Hot Honey.
Some like it hotKurtz working at Paulie Gee's in August 2010 with bottle of Mike's Hot Honey in hand.
"I'd be in there from midnight till six in the morning just bottling, capping and labeling bottles of Mike's Hot Honey."
Over three funding rounds, Mike's Hot Honey raised $12 million.
Persons:
Mike Kurtz doesn't, Franzen, Quentin Tarantino's, Kurtz, Raffi Paul, Mickey Todiwala, Larry Raymond, Larry, Mike Kurtz, Paulie Gee's, Paulie Gee, Matt Beaton, Beaton, Beaton's
Organizations:
CNBC, Foods, UMass Amherst
Locations:
Brazil, Greenpoint , Brooklyn, New York City, New York, what's, U.S